The 2014 Academy Awards may represent one of the most crowded fields for quality film making in recent memory.
There are so many good movies and a lot of moving and memorable performances, from the enchanting Frozen to to Matthew McConaughey's stunning turn in The Dallas Buyer's Club. At least The Motion Picture Academy casts a wider net with nine Best Picture nominations. The rest of the categories, however, are stuck at five.
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Whatever you did or didn't see in 2013, Thursday's brief nominations presentation in Hollywood represents the official kick-off of the Oscars Awards season. From this moment forward, every name and film mentioned will be repeated countless times on TV talk shows, commercials, tweets, Facebook posts and movie posters.
Follow along in the live-stream above, write down your list and then let's all watch together on March 2 when the Academy hands out all those gold statuettes.
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